Oct. 5: NHL Preseason Roundup

Shane Pinto had three goals and an assist for the Ottawa Senators in a 4-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Saturday.

Michael Amadio had a goal and an assist, and Linus Ullmark made 23 saves for Ottawa (5-1-1).

Christian Dvorak and Arber Xhekaj scored for Montreal (2-4-0). Sam Montembeault allowed four goals on 19 shots.

Pinto gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead just 44 seconds into the first period, then made it 2-0 at 5:57.

Dvorak cut it to 2-1 at 18:45 when he put in a rebound in front.

Amadio made it 3-1 just 22 seconds into the second with a redirection.

Pinto scored short-handed on a breakaway to make it 4-1 at 4:46.

Xhekaj cut it to 4-2 at 8:44 of the third with a slap shot from the right point.

It was the preseason finale for both teams. The Senators host the Florida Panthers to open the season Thursday. The Canadiens open at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.

Maple Leafs 3, Red Wings 2: John Tavares scored the game-winning goal in the third period, and the Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings at Scotiabank Arena in the preseason finale for both teams.

Tavares scored on a wrist shot from the left circle off a cross-ice pass from Auston Matthews to break a 2-2 tie at 4:58.

Matthews had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (4-1-1), and Mitch Marner had two assists. Joseph Woll made 18 saves.

Andrew Copp had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings (3-3-2), and Ville Husso made 30 saves.

Christian Fischer gave Detroit a 1-0 lead a 3:33 of the first period, tipping in a pass by Copp from the slot.

Steven Lorentz tied the game at 12:20 from in front of the crease, converting Ryan Reaves' pass from behind the net.

Copp swept in a shot from the left circle off a rebound on the power play for a 2-1 Red Wings lead at 17:58.

Matthews' power-play goal, on a one-timer from the right circle, tied the game again at 2:52 of the second period.

The Maple Leafs open the season at the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday, and the Red Wings will host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.

Utah 2, Avalanche 1: Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist for the Utah Hockey Club in its win against the Colorado Avalanche at Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.

Nick Schmaltz also scored, and Connor Ingram made 20 saves for Utah (5-2-0).

Ivan Ivan scored, and Alexandar Georgiev made 21 saves for Colorado (1-5-0).

Schmaltz put Utah ahead 2-1 with a power-play goal at 17:46 of the third period.

Guenther gave Utah a 1-0 lead at 2:31 of the first period with a wrist shot from the right point.

Ivan tied it 1-1 at 5:52 with a one-timer off a rebound at the bottom of the left circle.

Utah will play the first regular-season game in franchise history at home against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Colorado opens the season at the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.

Panthers 4, Kings 2: Jonah Gadjovich scored twice, and Aaron Ekblad had three assists to help the Florida Panthers defeat the Los Angeles Kings at Centre Videotron in Quebec City.

It was the preseason finale for both teams.

Aleksander Barkov and Anton Lundell scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves for the Panthers (5-3-0).

Trevor Moore had a goal and an assist, and Phillip Danault scored for the Kings (4-1-1). Darcy Kuemper allowed three goals on 14 shots.

Danault put Los Angeles in front 1-0 at 6:03 of the first period with a redirection in the slot.

Barkov tied it 1-1 on the power play at 9:07, scoring with a backhand move around Kuemper.

Lundell gave Florida a 2-1 lead at 16:03 with a power-play goal. He scored at the right side of the net by batting in the rebound of an Ekblad shot that caromed off the end boards.

Gadjovich pushed the lead to 3-1 at 19:15 of the second period, but Moore cut it to 3-2 at 7:44 of the third period off a no-look pass through the crease by Quinton Byfield. Byfield carried the puck through the Panthers defense and evaded Bobrovsky, who came out of his net for an attempted poke check.

Gadjovich scored into an empty net at 19:36 for the 4-2 final.

Florida, the defending Stanley Cup champion, is scheduled to open its regular season at home against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Los Angeles’ first game is at the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.

Capitals 2, Bruins 0: Charlie Lindgren made 17 saves, and the Washington Capitals defeated the Bruins at Capital One Arena in Washington in the preseason finale for both teams.

Aliaksei Protas and Trevor van Riemsdyk scored for the Capitals (3-3-0).

Brandon Bussi made 30 saves for the Bruins (2-4-1).

Protas’ short-handed goal put Washington up 1-0 at 9:00 of the first period. He won a face-off in left circle, and the puck deflected off the linesman’s skate into the low slot, where Protas lifted a shot over Bussi’s glove.

Lindgren made a stop on Brett Harrison from point-blank range at 3:31 of the third period to keep it a one-goal game.

Van Riemsdyk extended the lead to 2-0 at 14:22 when he put a high backhand over Bussi’s right shoulder from below the left circle.

Each team was 0-for-3 on the power play.

Boston will open its season at Florida on Tuesday. Washington’s first game is at home against the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 12.

Hurricanes 5, Predators 3: Eric Robinson scored the go-ahead goal with 2:29 left in the third period for the Carolina Hurricanes in their win against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

He tapped in a cross-crease pass from Felix Unger Sorum at the left post, then added an empty-net goal at 19:00 for the 5-3 final.

Josiah Slavin, Bradly Nadeau and Sam Gagner also scored for Carolina (4-1-1). Frederik Andersen allowed two goals on 31 shots through two periods before he was replaced by Spencer Martin, who allowed one goal on 12 shots.

Tommy Novak had a goal and two assists, and Mark Jankowski and Cole Smith also scored for Nashville (2-3-0). Juuse Saros stopped all 12 shots he faced in the first period before he was replaced by Scott Wedgewood, who allowed four goals on 16 shots.

Jankowski gave the Predators a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 15:17 of the first period, putting away a touch pass from Philip Tomasino at the top of the crease.

Slavin tied it 1-1 at 4:20 of the second with a snap shot from the slot.

Nadeau put the Hurricanes ahead 2-1 at 7:01 with a one-timer from the left circle.

Smith tied it 2-2 at 10:10 when he finished off a rebound in front.

Gagner put Carolina back ahead 3-2 at 18:43 with a backhand in front.

Novak tied it 3-3 at 9:02 of the third on a breakaway.

It was the preseason finale for Carolina, which opens the regular season at home against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, Oct. 11.

Blackhawks 6, Blues 2: Connor Bedard had three assists for the Blackhawks in their victory against the St. Louis Blues at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

It was the preseason finale for both teams.

The Calder Trophy winner as NHL rookie of the year last season, Bedard finished the preseason with six points (one goal, five assists) in four games.

Ryan Donato, Philipp Kurashev, Nolan Allen and Frank Nazar each had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks (1-4-1), who had been the only team in the NHL without a preseason win. Arvid Soderblom made 26 saves.

Dalibor Dvorsky and Scott Perunovich scored, and Mathieu Joseph had two assists for the Blues (2-5-0). Vadim Zherenko allowed six goals on 22 shots through two periods before being replaced by Joel Hofer (four saves).

Chicago took a 3-0 lead in the first period.

Donato opened the scoring at 1:32 with a slap shot from the right point. Kurashev scored on the power play at 16:01 off a Bedard feed, and Zachary Sanford extended the lead at 17:24.

Allan made it 4-0 from the slot at 2:48 of the second period before Dvorsky cut it to 4-1 at 7:30 with a rebound on the backhand.

Nazar pushed it to 5-1 on a breakaway at 10:03, and Colton Dach made it 6-1 on the power play at 16:27 when he put in his own rebound.

Perunovich scored on the man-advantage at 4:32 of the third period for the 6-2 final.

Each team will begin its regular season Tuesday, with St. Louis visiting the Seattle Kraken and Chicago playing at the Utah Hockey Club.

Sharks 6, Golden Knights 5: Ethan Cardwell scored with 12 seconds remaining, and the San Jose Sharks rallied with three goals in the final three minutes to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Luke Kunin scored twice on redirections of shots from the point by Danil Gushchin, at 17:00 and 18:18 of the third period, both times with the Sharks skating with a 6-on-5 advantage, to tie the game at 5-5.

Cardwell scored the game-winner on a snap shot off a cross-ice pass from Nico Sturm.

Gushchin had five assists, and Ty Dellandrea had two assists for San Jose (2-3-1). Mackenzie Blackwood made 31 saves.

Pavel Dorofeyev had three goals and an assist, and Alexander Holtz had a goal and an assist for Vegas (3-3-0). Tomas Hertl had three assists, Brayden McNabb had two assists, and Adin Hill allowed six goals on 29 shots.

Dorofeyev gave Vegas a 1-0 lead at 4:19 of the first period, diving to the net for a pass from Alex Pietrangelo and going backhand through the five-hole.

Jimmy Schuldt scored from the point to tie the game at 8:01, and Klim Kostin put San Jose up 2-1 at 9:03.

Holtz tied the game at 14:38 with a point-blank wrist shot off a Hertl pass from behind the net.

Dorofeyev redirected Zach Whitecloud's shot from the point for a 3-2 Vegas lead at 5:12 of the second period.

Mario Ferraro tied the game 33 seconds into the third period with a snap shot from the slot.

Mark Stone gave the Golden Knights a 4-3 lead at 3:28, redirecting Shea Theodore's shot from the point on the power play.

Dorofeyev pushed the lead to 5-3 with a one-timer on the rush off a cross-ice pass from Hertl at 8:46.

It was the preseason finale for both teams. San Jose opens the regular season at home against St. Louis on Thursday; Vegas will host Colorado on Wednesday.